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March 13, 2011, 01:39 AM | #26 | |
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Lee 50th anniversary kit
I'm sure you will enjoy the kit. Good luck and happy reading.
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Well I'm sure the money will go for dies and powder and primer and brass and the lsit goes on my first. Happy loading. Robb |
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March 13, 2011, 09:54 AM | #27 |
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You will be very happy with your purchase. Everyone need a single stage and I love my Auto Prime. There is good reason that Lee Precision is # 1. Good for you.
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March 13, 2011, 10:22 AM | #28 |
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I got the lee reloading kit. The only thing I still use is the primer tool, press, and powder measure. Everything else I replaced with something better. It is good for starting but I really hated the case trimmer which came with it. You might want to go and get one of those hand cranked trimmers for about $100. Actually I now wish I hand an electric one.
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March 13, 2011, 07:07 PM | #29 |
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Check out Midway for the $200 you saved you can buy 2000 Rainier lead safe 9mm 115gr plated round nose bullets. That's an awful lot of plinking ammo. 500 bullets for $200 not such a deal. By the way, welcome to reloading, you'll soon be spending a small fortune and countless hours loading your own ammo, but it's worth it.
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March 13, 2011, 07:27 PM | #30 |
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Im sure you will enjoy the lee press.My dad bought the single stage classic lee press from my grandpa before i was born or when i was very very little.Im 23yrs old now. Anyways my dad has had it for a long time and i`ve had no problems with it other then breaking decapping pins on bearden primers.if anything dose break lee will replace it for nothing.I`ve loaded 308 7mm remington mag and 30/30 rifle 9mm 380acp 45colt 38 special 357mag and 40s&w pistol threw this press and it dose a great job.i just bought a set of pacesetter dies for 30/40 krag and will be loading those.i love the carbide pistol dies.and have the 30/30 308 in rgb dies the 7mm in deluxe and the 30/40 pacesetter.i also have the crimp dies for the rifle to.never any problems.
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March 19, 2011, 08:55 PM | #31 |
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reloading
Doesn't really mater what kit you start with, after a while you buy everything,sorta like bass fishing tackle.
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March 19, 2011, 09:57 PM | #32 |
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You are correct! I am happy with the Lee kit so far, yet I've already added another powder scale and put in an order with Midway last night for some other odds and ends.
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March 19, 2011, 10:38 PM | #33 |
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Great choice for a starter reloading system. There are a number of folks who have both a turret press and a single stage press like the one you bought. A good portion of those fellas still use their single stage press for certain cartridges.
I also went with the Lee 50th Anniversary kit. I bought Lee dies for 40 S&W, 45 Colt, 50 AE, and 460 S&W. I really like their dies because of the powder thru case mouth expander die. And, when you find a Lee die set that includes a carbide die go for that one. As far as a reloading bench that will depend on how much space you have to work with or how much you really need. I bought the following bench at Harbor Freight for $139. Its a great little bench to use with your Lee press. Last edited by ClemBert; March 19, 2011 at 10:45 PM. |
March 20, 2011, 08:16 AM | #34 |
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For the price I don't think you can go wrong with the Lee set. That's where I started. If you are going to get a Lee set seriously look at the newest Lee reloading manual. There is a lot of lee specific information in it. Lee is locally produced in WI. I grew up in near Janesville, WI. Keep WI workers employed and buy local.
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March 20, 2011, 08:44 AM | #35 |
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I purchased a Lee Breech Lock Challenger starter kit when I started 3 years ago. I hated the powder dispenser and replaced it with a spoon from the kitchen. I also replaced the scale with one fom Lyman. I'm still using the dies and press. Welcome aboard : )
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March 20, 2011, 09:36 AM | #36 |
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I'm still planning my workbench, so in the meantime I just bolted the press right to my computer desk I had to add a support underneath the press because the desk top wasn't stable enough. too much flex. A old old 2" wooden closet rod cut to length and acting as a support pillar right under the press did the trick nicely!
When my wife saw what I was doing she just rolled her eyes and shook her head...heheh.
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March 20, 2011, 09:41 AM | #37 |
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The wife or girlfriend issues are why I recommended the HF bench. It's a nice looking bench (for a bench). As you can see in my photo I have it inside the house in a open area so I had to make sure it wasn't a complete eyesore. It is sturdy as hell. I used two screws at the rear of the bench to anchor it into the wall studs on both sides of the bench. That sucker won't budge at all.
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March 20, 2011, 09:47 AM | #38 |
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Yep, that's not a bad looking bench at all. Not a bad price either.
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